Harvard, California
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Newberry Springs-Baker census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92365. It stands on Harvard Hill. The Survey maps it on the Harvard Hill quadrangle.
Then and now
1953 to 1982The same ground, surveyed 29 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1953 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 13 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1953 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Newberry quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Newberry Springs quadrangle1:100000
- 1982 USGS Harvard Hill quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
23 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Harvard between 1992 and 2020, burning about 601 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Desert District | ALVORD |
| 9 August 1998 | Debris and open burning | 340 acres | California Desert District | WARBONNET |
| 17 August 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | San Bernardino Unit | BUSH |
| 10 August 2005 | Natural | 53 acres | California Desert District | MOJAVE |
| 10 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | San Bernardino Unit | HACIENDA |
| 10 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | San Bernardino Unit | TAMI |
| 8 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Desert District | HARVARD |
| 31 July 1994 | Smoking | under an acre | San Bernardino Unit | SPOT |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 13 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Harvard: 7 prospects, 3 occurrences, 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Bentonite, Clay, Magnesite, Zeolites. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvard Hills | Uranium | Prospect | ||
| Mineola Bentonite/Zeolite Deposit | Bentonite, Zeolites | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Manganese Prospect | Manganese | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Magnesite | Prospect | ||
| Stacsite Mine | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Bentonite Mine | Bentonite | Past Producer | ||
| Bentonite Prospect | Bentonite | Occurrence | Bentonite | |
| Pink Lady Bentonite Mine | Bentonite | Past Producer | ||
| Stacsite Mine | Bentonite | Occurrence | Bentonite |
Storms near this place
2 since 2023Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Harvard in 2 storm reports in 2023: 2 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2023 | Flash Flood | Harvard | $1,000 | Interstate 15 flooded. |
| September 2023 | Flash Flood | Harvard | $1,000 | Hacienda Road was flooded. |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manix | 4.3 miles | 15 | |
| Toomey | 4.8 miles | 13 | |
| Newberry Springs | 8.6 miles | 13 | |
| Yermo | 8.8 miles | 15 | |
| Minneola | 9.4 miles | 14 | |
| Bismarck (historical) | 10.4 miles | 15 | |
| Calico | 10.6 miles | 15 | |
| Gale | 11.5 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1660729. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.








